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USA : States Cutting Weeks of Aid to the Jobless

Source: NYTimes

USA : Jackson hospital reaches deal with unions to restore workers' pay

Source: Miami Herald

Tacoma and Seattle ports had been talking for months about closer collaboration

The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma have raided each other for customers on several occasions in recent years, reports the News-TribuneA new cooperative effort to retain and attract shipping business to the Pacific Northwest unveiled Thursday night was born from new competitive conditions that threatened the ports of Seattle and Tacoma’s growth.
“John (Wolfe, Port of Tacoma CEO) and Tay (Yoshitani, Port of Seattle chief executive) have been talking for months,” said Port of Tacoma spokeswoman Tara Mattina Friday.
Both sides said the new information sharing is not a prelude to a merger of the two ports, a measure likely to encounter stern political opposition.
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Oregonian once again sensationalizes port issues

In an article titled “Renewed chaos hits Port of Portland terminal as Hanjin Shipping Co., prepares to announce whether its ships will keep calling,” The Oregonian once again points fingers at the men and women who have worked on the docks for decades, despite the clear failures of private terminal operator ICTSI which took over the management of Terminal 6 in 2010. You can read the full article at the Oregonian at this link, and here are excerpts showing the union’s response:
On Monday, as both a Hanjin ship and a Hapag-Lloyd vessel idled in port, operations foundered amid union accusations of ICTSI mismanagement and counter claims of longshore crews arriving hours late.
Jennifer Sargent, a union spokeswoman, said delays resulted from ICTSI failing to arrange for necessary mechanics and gear men to work on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
“ICTSI ordered the ship gangs to stand by while sufficient qualified mechanics could be secured,” Sargent wrote in an email. “There was no culpability on the part of Locals 8 or 40.”
Sargent said the union doesn’t control gate restrictions. “Nothing in the collective bargaining agreement forbids ICTSI from acting...

USA : The Undeserving Rich

Source: NY Times

USA : Allowing Home Care Workers to Organize Helps Us All

Source: Washington Post

USA : Organizers count 175,000 for San Antonio's MLK March

Source: My SA

Global : It Is Expensive to Be Poor

Source: The Atlantic

USA : Postal workers' union criticizes Staples-run post offices

Source: Los Angeles Times

USA : Teachers, state workers upset about health plan changes

Source: Online Athens